Scot Braithwaite lives & works in the cattle business in Indonesia, he sent this letter to ABC’s 4 Corners, we are waiting to see the program showing “the other side of the debate” Dear...

Synthetic fat substitutes used in low-calorie potato chips and other foods, such as olestra, could backfire and contribute to weight gain and obesity, according to a study published by the American Psychological...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand has announced the withdrawl of one product from Australian shelves, an asparagus juice, having been identified as one of the products made with plasticiser-contaminated...

Campbell Soup Co. has appointed former Coca-Cola Co. executive Gareth Edgecombe to the role of president of its operations in Asia-Pacific.Edgecombe will be responsible for the company’s Australian,...

Primo Smallgoods is the subject of reported interest from private-equity firms, including Blackstone and Affinity Equity Partners. A Reuters report said last week that private-equity firms are looking...

Woolworths has announced plans to source all its own-label fresh milk products from Parmalat in NSW, a move the company said is not related to its ‘milk war’ with Coles. The company has moved...

A major international report has predicted that average food commodity prices will be much higher this decade than the last. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) and the Food...

Patties Foods has announced plants to donate a full day’s production worth of its iconic Four’N Twenty pies – 138,000 pies in total – to Australia’s largest hunger relief organization,...

Harmful mineral oils from the printing inks used on cardboard can migrate into food if recycled cardboard is used for food packaging. It may contaminate food even if the recycled cardboard is used for...

Floods, cyclones, and prolonged wet weather are expected to cut some 40 million litres from milk production in the seven months to June 2011 in the northern production region, with production for the first...